63-yr-old Texas man living with ‘decomposed corpse’ kills himself moments before cops bust into home
HOUSTON, TEXAS: Deputies conducting a welfare check in a Texas residence on Sunday rushed to investigate when they heard a gunshot. They entered a home and found two dead men, one of whom appeared to have died months ago. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, a man shot himself in the head moments before deputies entered his residence and discovered he was living with a dead body.
According to Deputy Thomas Gilliland, neighbors complained to the Harris County Sheriff's Office on Saturday evening, March 11, that they hadn't seen one of the men who lived at the house in months. At the home in west Houston, deputies "did notice that there were a lot of flies and a bad odor from one end of the house," Gilliland said, as per NY Daily.
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Police found a 'severely decomposed' corpse
The first body was that of a 63-year-old man who shot himself as police approached his residence in the Houston area at 8 o'clock. According to reports, the 64-year-old man who was in the other room had been dead for "several months." Around 6 pm, a neighbor near the crime scene apparently called the police to report that he hadn't seen anyone enter the house next door in months. "As (the deputies) made entry into the home they heard one gunshot," according to Gilliand.
They discovered a "severely decomposed" corpse in one room and a dead male with a self-inflicted gunshot in another bedroom within the property. A forensic investigation will try to determine how the former died. According to the police, both males seemed to live in the house at 16800 Kilwinning Drive. The two males may have shared a residence, but investigators said they were still trying to learn more about their relationship. The authorities have withheld their names while waiting for news from their next of kin.
Human decomposition begins immediately after death
Human decomposition starts right away after death, according to Aftermath Services, a national business that specializes in crime scene cleanup. However, circumstances like climate, shelter, and submersion can affect how quickly that process happens. Unburied bodies that are exposed to insects and bacteria often disintegrate more quickly. Insects such as flies and maggots will rapidly accelerate the skeletonization process by removing the bulk of a body’s mass very quickly.
